Monday: Monday was the Teen Author Carnival where I got to hang out with a ton of bloggers and writers and listen to two panels of authors talk about Kick Ass Heroine's and Teen Angst. Basically it was awesome! Also I didn't take a picture but I was super excited to meet Kirsten Hubbard, author of Like Mandarin.
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| At the Teen Author Carnival |
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| Got to meet Carla from the Crooked Shelf and see Jamie from Broke and Bookish. |
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| With my friends, Philly bloggers/sisters/writers Lillie and Jenna. |
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| With Steph Su |
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| Finally got to meet Blogger Jessica Lawlor at Teen Author Carnival. We're both in Philly but kept missing each other. |
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| Authors on the Kick Ass Heroine's Panel |
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| Goofing with off Lenore who also fed me German Chocolate:-) |
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| After the panels with Gayle Forman. After the panel Steph Su and I met up with a bunch of awesome bloggers Lindsi, Farrah, Britney, Casey, and Heidi for pizza. And then I was off to Bronxville for the night. Tuesday: BEA Day 1 |
This day began with Sara from The First Novels Club waking me up at 5am...5am...like seriously, I didn't know that the am even had a 5 o'clock hour, so we could drive to BEA super early and get signing tickets and register and I could sit in line while she went to the Children's Author Breakfast. But after a Starbucks run I kind of woke up and then the madness began!
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| A super energetic picture on Day 1 with First Novels Club Sara and Rachael from The Book Muncher |
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| Hanging out with Jeri Smith-Ready made the line waiting a ton of fun. It was even more fun when Dawn Metcalf found us and we decided that our wild dark hair will forever bond the three of us. My first day of BEA was fabulous! I got books signed by Richelle Mead (SQUEEEE), Jennifer Lynne Barnes, Scott Tracey, Kiki Hamilton and Lisa Desrochers and Taherah Mafi! Hung out with my agent, caught up with a ton of awesome bloggers and writers. And it was awesome! Also exhausting and afterward we headed back to Bronxville for dinner and passing out! Wednesday: BEA Day 2 MOAR waking up at 5am and getting to BEA earlier than should've been possible and waiting in line early to get in, but it was SO worth it because I got to see Lauren Oliver (SQUEEESAUCE), and Ally Condie, and Laini Taylor and Sara Shepard....and others I know I'm forgetting. Also I finally got to meet Vania from VLC Productions (SQUEEEE)! |
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| Though I have to say meeting Gerald and Piggie from Mo Willems' books kind of made my day! |
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| See this show if you're in NYC, it was freaking hilarious! |
Thursday: BEA Day 3
Day 3 of BEA has a special place in my heart because it began at...NOT 5am! This time it was just me and Donna braving the crowds, but mostly hanging out. My favorite signing of the day was Kody Keplinger's whose new book Shut Out was super high on my "want" list. Also got to see Melissa Marr again!
Day 3 of BEA has a special place in my heart because it began at...NOT 5am! This time it was just me and Donna braving the crowds, but mostly hanging out. My favorite signing of the day was Kody Keplinger's whose new book Shut Out was super high on my "want" list. Also got to see Melissa Marr again!
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| Kody! Adorableness! |
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| After lunch with Maggie from Not Your Mother's Book Club! I was SO excited to meet her since we've been talking for over a year and she is made of awesome! |
After BEA Day 3, we headed over to the Scholastic Store for the launch of This Is Teen with Maggie Stiefvater, Meg Cabot, and Libba Bray.
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| Before This Is Teen (Me, Chelsea, Farrah, Lindsi, Casey, Britney) And it looks like The Story Siren and Lenore are behind us:-) |
Totally forgot to take pictures at the event, but here is one of me and Sara with Maggie toward the end of the night:-)
After getting a ton of books signed, we finally, wearily, made our way back home, where I promptly passed out! WHOO!
Are you still with me? Because here comes your part! The part where you win two of my signed arcs!
CONTEST!
Win signed arcs of FOREVER by Maggie Stiefvater and DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Taylor!
This contest is International and to enter all you have to do is follow my blog! Yay--easiness!
Ok, so leave a comment below--don't forget to leave me your email address so I can contact you when you win and voila...you're in!
Want more points...feel free to do whatever you want--tweet this, facebook it, blog it, sidebar it, call your friends up and offer bribes, blood, your firstborn.... Just let me know what you did and I'll give you more points for everything.
Ok Guys! Hope you enjoyed the recap and pictures and good luck to those entering the contest!
Update: This contest has closed and the winner has been notified. Thanks everyone who entered.
Update: This contest has closed and the winner has been notified. Thanks everyone who entered.
You certainly seem to have had a very pleasant and happy BEA time.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it.
Please enter me in the giveaway.
Thanks.
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Never gonna get over my envy of BEA-goers :p but it looked like a TON of fun, and such great pictures! I'd love to enter, I'm a follower!
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thank you! :)
Oh, Frankie, thank you so much for the recap. There weren't many full blog accounts of BEA this year and I am so grateful to get to read yours! Those of us stuck on the West coast can only dream of BEA and sigh...
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storyqueen at gmail.com.
You can't have any of my children...but I have a lot of dog hair from a very furry springer spaniel I'd be willing to throw in to sweeten the deal...
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Sooo jealous of all of the BEA awesomeness, haha. Thanks for the contest!!
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yay another giveaway =)
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I'd love to win either!! Thanks :) Looks like you had a blast.
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Glad you enjoyed BEA! Really looked fun. Hopefully can attend one in the future! :)
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You met so many awesome authors and bloggers!! So glad you had such a great time!
ReplyDeleteGah, I am dying to get my hands on both of these books!!
I tweeted - http://twitter.com/#!/peacelovebooksx/status/75130185283944448
Sidebar - http://eleusinianmysteriesofreading.blogspot.com
I also offered to trade your soul with Lucifer if he'll give me both your ARC's and send his minions to your blog. I dunno if you'll give extra points for that, being soulless and all... but it's worth a try!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
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Wow, it looks like you had an amazing time. I would love to read those books. I am a gfc follower.
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Sounds like a fabulous time! Thanks for the giveaway and I'm a follower.
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I wish I could have gone! >.< Thanks for the giveaway! xD
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Looks like you had lots of fun! Thanks for the giveaway
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I'd love to read Smoke and Bone! Thanks for the chance.
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Some day, I will go to BEA. Until then, I will bask in the awesomeness of others.
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Oh, amazing! Thanks for sharing with those of us that couldn't go! : )
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Oh wow I am sooo jealous it looks like it was brilliant. I wish I'd been there. Great contest, too.
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great post! would love those two books, Im a follower
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I follow as Miss Page-Turner:)
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I tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/Dazzlamb/status/75266329862602752
ReplyDeleteYay. it sounds like you had a fabulous time.
ReplyDeleteI've started saving so I can (hopefully) make it next year. Operation Say No To Shiny Things = BEAbound2012. lol.
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BEA looks like it was so fun! Thanks for the awesome giveaway, I definitely want to read both of these!
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Tweeted it - http://twitter.com/#!/arick01/status/75275829214576641
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ive been following yourblog for a while now awesomesauce is what it is! pleas ecount me in
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Wow. Jealous!!! :0
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OMGosh how fantastic does BEA look. Carla is so cute :D
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Please enter me! Looks like you had fun! I am going next year!
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I follow on twitter: MyrandaReads
I RT: https://twitter.com/#!/frankiediane/status/75273546489806848
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I wanted to go to BEA so much, but I couldn't :( Oh well, there's always next year :L Please enter me in the giveaway, both of those books look awesome, and I especially can't wait for Forever, but the cover for Daughter of Smoke and Bone is gorgeous :D Thanks for making your giveaway international! :D
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What an awesome giveaway! I am SO looking forward to these books coming out. Please enter me into the contest. I'm following via Blogger.
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Aw, such a cool giveaway. I really wished I could have gone to BEA. Le sigh.
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Wow! Looks like you had a great time Thanks for a great give away and thanks for making it international. Cannot wait to read Daughter of Smoke and Bone
ReplyDeleteCan I ask, when does this give away end - just so I know when to uncross my fingers?
I follow you on GFC as Pagecrawler
Thanks again
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You look like you had a LOT of fun. I would LOVE to win. I am dying to get my hands on FOREVER.
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Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/AshelynnS/status/75297843690213376
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thanks for the giveaway!
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Looks like you had so much fun!
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Sounds & looks like you had a lot of fun! I am completely jealous. lol.
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Thanks for sharing the love!
BEA sounds like so much fun- the more I hear about it, the more I wish I could have gone. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Dang, I envy you guys for getting this opportunity. I wish we had a BookExpo here!
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I'd love to play please.
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I could seriously die happy if I won a signed copy of Forever...I'm not even joking!
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I also tweeted.
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And I told all my friends to enter, but only so if they win they can give Forever to me... :)
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So jealous. Looks like a ton of fun. Maybe I'll get to go next year. Ha. I will post on my blog and sidebar.
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AHH, two of my absolute FAVORITES! I also tweeted! Thanks for the giveaway!!
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New follower, and I posted on facebook under Elizabeth Cave and posted about it in a sidebar on my blog. http://thebookfiendreviewsbooks.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteI'd LOVE to win the ARC for Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Laini Taylor is my fav
Thank you for the chance to win
Evie
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And I added it to my blog post!
ReplyDeleteAgh! I'm so jealous, it sounds like one heck of a time. Glad it was great week =D *wants to steal Shut Out from you*
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Oh you are so lucky you got to go! I wish I had gone just to meet Maggie Stiefvater!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance at winning at least a bit of your awesome trip.
I am a GFC follower!
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Looks like BEA was sooo much fun! Hopefully, I'll be able to check it out for myself next year. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
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thanks for the giveaway!
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wow!looks like you guys had a blast at the BEA!!
ReplyDeleteglad u enjoyed yourselves!
thanks for this awesome giveaway and for making it international!!
i'm a follower via GFC-Janhvi Jagtap
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Hi, Frankie thanks for the awesome giveaway!
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LOL! Love this post! You guys are so funny. It looks like you had a blast. I'm so jealous!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for hosting this giveaway. I'm dying, DYING, to read both books!
*I follow your blog
*I follow you on Twitter (@Lena1xoxo)
*I retweeted you: https://twitter.com/#!/frankiediane/status/75273546489806848
*crosses fingers and hopes*
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Wahoo!! Do i get extra points for putting your suitcase in my trunk to give to Sara so you could get these books? ;-)
ReplyDeletei'll be tweeting and putting on the sidebar of my blog. *crossing my fingers that I win*
Cannot wait to try to attend BEA next year
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Haha, what an awesome post! I SO would've loved to be there with you!! Looks like you had a really great time!
ReplyDelete-Following your blog
-Following you on Twitter @lovereadingx
-I RT-d your tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/frankiediane/status/75273546489806848
And thank you SO much for the giveaway! I'm so freakin' excited for both of these books!
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Thanks for the giveaway. Im a follower as LilyxJames!
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Sounds like so much fun!!
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Dying to read FOREVER!! Thanks for the chance!
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I'm hoping to go to BEA next year. Thanks for the chance to win!
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I'm following your blog!
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Telling friends about the giveaway!
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It looks like you had a crazy wonderful time! Thank you for the giveaway!
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You, Jeri, and Dawn SERIOUSLY look like sisters! It's awesome! Wish I could've been there for more of it. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous! Glad you had a great time at BEA and I hope I could attend after a few years. :) I'm a follower and thanks for the giveaway!
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You look like you had a blast! Thanks for the chance to win some books :D
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I'm so glad you had a wonderful time. And, yeah, that play is high-lare-eee-ous! :)
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I tweeted, sidebarred,and I already followed.
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That looks completely awesome. :) How cool to meet all those writers! I would love, love, LOOOOVE to win one of these books. Thanks so much for the chance. I've been following youf or a long time, but I don't blog myself much anymore so just the one entry for me. :)
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Looks like you had tons of fun. Thanks for sharing the pics and thanks for the chance at books!
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I would kill for FOREVER...not literally...maybe...
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Oo count me in! Thanks for such an easy contest!
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Count me in!
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i would love to win a copy of Smoke and Bone thanks for the contest. I'm glad you had a great time at BEA!
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I would love to read Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Taylor has got some serious writing skillz.
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And I'm already following you, have been a for a while. DO I get bonus points for seeing your genius forever ago? (Or at the least bonus points for attempting to suck up?) ;)
you are a goddess!Thank you and glad you had a great time!
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Thank you for sharing the awesomeness of your time at BEA!
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I'm a follower of your amazing blog, thanks for the giveaway!
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YOu are terrific and you hang with so many great writers!
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Please put me down for an ARC or two...
All best with your writing...
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OMG, that should be fictionwriterccc@gmail.com
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either way, I'll wake up if I get an ARC...
I'm so glad you had a really great time at BEA! I'm following you now and thanks a bunch for the giveaway.
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Sounds like you had an awesome time, I'm going next year and am already looking forward to it
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Thanks for the giveaway! You're awesome!!!!
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Sounds like you had a fantastic trip. Wish I could have been at BEA too!!
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Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I am a GFC follower. =)
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Almost forgot I tweeted about the contest.
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Raychelle
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OOH I want!! twimom101 @yahoo .com
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and I fb'dhttp://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=233313676682369&id=100000469721302
I tried to sell first born...but we all know how thats frowned upon :( hahaha
These are THE two ARCs I've been drooling over!! Love, love, love both Maggie and Laini!!!
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I tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/TMPaulaRL/status/77163462610010112
and FB'd http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=119843541434645&id=100001476320305
Also reserved Daughter of Smoke and Bone as MINE to review when available. . . I write for www.readinglark.blogspot.com
I am also texting a dozen friends to come enter!
Thank you so much for the contest, hope to make it to BEA next year!
Looks like you had so much fun at BEA...Thanks for sharing!!
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oh, and Paula above sent me!! heheeheehehe
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Wow BEA sound crazy awesome
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Wow Forever arc. I am so jealous!
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Hi, thanks for the opportunity!
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You seem to have had an awesome time at BEA.
ReplyDeleteI swear to god, I'll be there next year.
I DON'T CARE IF THE PLANE TICKET COSTS $1300 (sob).
Thank you so much for the opportunity to win an ARC! My email address is thebookeaterblog@gmail.com
I tweeted about the giveaway and squeed about it to all my friends on gchat. Does that count? :p
awesome!
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